Hello,
I have OpenGL 3.1 on my pc and I need it to be 3.2 or more.
I’am struggle for hours do to this but I can’t
Could someone tell me how to proceed please ?
notes: my pc run through Ubuntu 18.04 and my graphic card drivers are up to date
Thank you to help me please
Let’s see where you’re starting from. Please post the output of these commands:
glxinfo | grep ':'
lspci
lshw -short
For each command, please post the output inside of triple-backticks, like this: ``` … ```. An example:
// Output goes here
Thank you! 
display: :50 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
Vendor: VMware, Inc. (0xffffffff)
Device: llvmpipe (LLVM 9.0.0, 256 bits) (0xffffffff)
Version: 19.3.0
Accelerated: no
Video memory: 7936MB
Unified memory: no
Preferred profile: core (0x1)
Max core profile version: 3.3
Max compat profile version: 3.1
Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.1
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 9.0.0, 256 bits)
OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 19.3.0-devel (git-f83f9d7 2019-09-07 bionic-oibaf-ppa)
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.40
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
1 GLXFBConfigs:
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 31)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Q170/Q150/B150/H170/H110/Z170/CM236 Chipset SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 31)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f1)
00:1d.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #11 (rev f1)
00:1d.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #12 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation C232 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Power Management Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus (rev 31)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM (rev 31)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 710] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller (rev a1)
===================================================
system X150M-PRO ECC (Default string)
/0 bus X150M-PRO ECC-CF
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/3d memory 8GiB System Memory
/0/3d/0 memory [empty]
/0/3d/1 memory [empty]
/0/3d/2 memory [empty]
/0/3d/3 memory 8GiB DIMM DDR4 Synchronous 2133 MHz (0,5 ns)
/0/43 memory 256KiB L1 cache
/0/44 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/45 memory 8MiB L3 cache
/0/46 processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1220 v5 @ 3.00GHz
/0/100 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/D
/0/100/1 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controll
/0/100/1/0 display GK208B [GeForce GT 710]
/0/100/1/0.1 multimedia GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller
/0/100/14 bus 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
/0/100/14/0 usb1 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/1 usb2 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/16 communication 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
/0/100/17 storage Q170/Q150/B150/H170/H110/Z170/CM236 Chipset SATA Controller [AH
/0/100/1c bridge 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5
/0/100/1d bridge 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #9
/0/100/1d.2 bridge 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #11
/0/100/1d.3 bridge 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #12
/0/100/1f bridge C232 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller
/0/100/1f.2 memory Memory controller
/0/100/1f.4 bus 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus
/0/100/1f.6 eth0 network Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 250GB CT250MX500SSD1
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 2047KiB BIOS Boot partition
/0/1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1GiB System partition
/0/1/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 1023MiB Linux swap volume
/0/1/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 230GiB LVM Physical Volume
/1 power To Be Filled By O.E.M.
That’s it 
(Actually it’s not a PC but a server)
This indicates that you have an “NVidia GeForce GT 710” GPU installed in that box:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208B [GeForce GT 710] (rev a1)
...
/0/100/1/0 display GK208B [GeForce GT 710]
which supports OpenGL 4.6 with these capabilities (based on an OpenGL driver report):
However, this:
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
...
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 9.0.0, 256 bits)
OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 19.3.0-devel (git-f83f9d7 2019-09-07 bionic-oibaf-ppa)
indicates that either your system is not properly configured to perform OpenGL rendering using the NVidia graphics driver, or you are not allowed to render with it inside your VMWare-hosted virtual machine (at least with its current configuration). Instead, it looks like your OpenGL applications (like glxinfo) are being directed to render with the Mesa3D software rendering driver.
You need to install the NVidia graphics drivers for the GeForce GT 710 GPU on your machine.
Once they are (they may already be), then run your OpenGL program directly on the machine, not in a virtual machine hosted on the machine.
This is where you can download the drivers directly from NVidia, but for Linux it can be more convenient to just install the NVidia graphics drivers via a distro package. In many cases, updates are automatic via software update. So once you install and configure them, you can just forget about them:
Also, your X $DISPLAY being set to :50 (display #50) looks strange. Display #0 is more typical. I’m guessing this is because you are running this inside of a VMWare-hosted virtual machine, rather than directly on the machine itself, and VMWare is creating an emulated X display to provide to your X applications.
Wow very clear and complete! 
I will try the indications on the links you give in order to install properly the drivers.
But I don’t understand when you wrote :
run your OpenGL program directly on the machine, not in a virtual machine hosted on the machine.
How to do that?
I’am very newbie with Linux, so I use the server through X2GO with XFCE and you mean this is not the real way ?
Thank you again
Oh, just go to the actual machine, log in directly via the graphical login, open a shell, and run an OpenGL program (e.g. glxinfo, glxgears, etc.).
I gather that X2GO is remote desktop software. For starters, put that aside and don’t use it. Log in directly.
Once the NVidia graphics drivers are properly installed and you are logged into the machine directly rather than through a virtual machine or remote desktop software, then your glxinfo results should look more like this:
> glxinfo | grep ':'
name of display: :0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 430.14
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.50 NVIDIA
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 430.14
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 NVIDIA 430.14
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
OpenGL ES profile extensions:
215 GLXFBConfigs:
Okay I will try this tomorrow and i will tell you, it’s time to sleep in my country now
thanks a lot
Hello mehdikapowski, did you solve the problem?
Because right now I met the same problem that you met. Thank you.
Hello, sorry for the delay. yes but i don’t know how to proceed because i paid someone on Fiverr to solve my problem.
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